Students sign petition against UGC’s blended mode of education
Many students have opposed the University Grants Commission’s blended mode of education. They have filed an online petition that will be submitted to the President of India—Ram Nath Kovind.
All India Forum to Save Public Education has started this petition. The petition had gained 1,204 signatures by 11:45 pm on Saturday. The aim of the petition is to convey that the UGC’s blended mode of education will widen the existing structural differences, reduce the objective of educational institutions to profit-making, and implement a bureaucratic surveillance network that would help the government suppress opposing voices in higher educational institutions.
The petition also stated that “without any evidence to vouch for the effectiveness of online classes, continuing in this mode affects the quality of academia as it cannot substitute the learning that takes place in classrooms.”
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